Denmark's Little Mermaid was vandalised with what?

There's a relatively new video circulating around of a live action Simpsons intro. It's pretty impressive. There are also a couple people at CSU Pomona who have constructed a map of Springfield. It took me a while to find Moe's, but it was right where it should be. Here are some links to math on the Simpsons and math on Futurama, and finally, ( Read more... )

So my talk went well today. Oh, by the way, I'm at the University of Florida for a conference. I think I give my best talks under a hyper mixture of caffeine, sleeplessness, and panic energy ( Read more... )

Ahhhhhh. . .

My spoon is too big

All good things must come to an end.

Much better.

During my precalculus class yesterday, we had a review discussion about the midterm tomorrow. Here is a part of the conversation with one of my students.

Student: So, how much is the homework worth?

Me: The homework is worth twenty percent of your final grade. Each assignment is weighted equally in the grade.

Student: No, how much is each ( Read more... )

I only got 9/10 on 8th grade math because I said that -7 is prime. Well, of course it's prime! It generates a prime ideal in the ring of integers.

Poop.

You Passed 8th Grade Math
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I'm not dead, and neither is this journal. Journaling has slipped somewhat on my list of priorities to the unfortunate position of below stressing about the job. Right now I should be writing the last questions on the exams, but I'm too saturated to continue ( Read more... )

Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes. It was fun and mellow, and now I am thirty. It's not bad; I keep having to explain to people at CSUCI that I am not an incoming freshman ( Read more... )

Well, the crystal in my hand just started flashing red. Damn.

Well, I was just celebrating being almost done with my thesis - only two more sections to add in before I email it off to Mihai - so I was dancing around the kitchen singing and doing high kicks when I pulled my groin and collapsed to the ground in agony. While I was lying there in convulsions of half pain and half laughter, Colin (our new ( Read more... )